Testing the army's new combat suit . The new Army combat suit , designed to replace battledress , is being tested under realistic battle conditions by troops of the Lancashaire Fusiliers at Nook Camp , Warminster , Wiltshire. The combat suits are worn for battle drills , route marches and other Army exercises ,and the men are examined by doctors and scientists to test their reaction and that of their suits under combat conditions . Photo shows: men of the Lancashire Fusiliers being examined at a mobile medical HQ . Their temperatures are checked and their clothes are removed and weighed . 16 August 1949